Yep, I'm not a big seafood fan, I have the soup and some of the other stuff. Besides, I can always chow down later at the coffee bar too. One year we had the perpetual table, big round table, people came and went for hours, it was never empty of at least some friends, we came back later and ate and chatted again and again.

And maybe next year we'll rent a van and road trip for the morning to Castle AFB. Every Memorial Day weekend they have an "Open Cockpit" day where you can sit in various aircraft on display, the longest line is for the SR71 Blackbird!!!

http://www.elite.net/castle-air/

I've been wanting to do this for years. This year is out of the question, but maybe next year we roust everyone early Sunday morning and road trip it in a rental van to get pics in the SR, then coast back to the convention grinning from ear to ear.

This came to mind today because of seeing a B-17 bomber fly over Moffett field this morning, must be on it's way to an air show somewhere.

Saturday sounds good, with the caveat that I will be in the masquerade and, as a lot of you know, Baycon wants to you to sit for HOURS in the Green Room prior to the masquerade, so I will have to be available for that exciting stretch of time. Bleh. But aside from that, sounds good.

Someday we HAVE to have a meeting there. It's too weird for words and the best Italian this side of the hill.

The wait staff sings, dances, and performs. The owner Tad has been known to sing "Unchained Melodies" while climbing on your table wearing a hockey mask.

It's unique to be sure.

And if you ask for more cheese, they will grate it fresh until you say stop. I mean it, they will just keep going and going and going. There is a pic of a guy with probably a pound of grated cheese...on his head...and the plate below is buried, no idea what he ordered, but it's now cheese.

Fun place, but make reservations, they are busy busy busy.

The place is easy to spot from Highway 9, just drive to Ben Lomand and find the most garish, over decorated, got-more-xmas-lights-year-'round-than-Santa's-Village-on-acid, and that's the place. The sign says, "YOU'LL LIKE THIS!!" and you will.

If you like good food and odd entertainment that is.

((Loves to do this to Master K, I can hear her drool hitting the keybord already, heh heh heh))

No Baycon for me... I really want to go back, I have been to it a few times, but the work schedule will not allow it. But SDCC and Worldcon are in the house. Is anyone from here going to Westercon in San Diego? It seems kind of idiotic to me, to have Westercon like what, two weeks before SDCC? I'm afraid it will dilute WC's attendance, at least for out of towners. Oh well.

No Baycon for me... I really want to go back, I have been to it a few times, but the work schedule will not allow it. But SDCC and Worldcon are in the house. Is anyone from here going to Westercon in San Diego? It seems kind of idiotic to me, to have Westercon like what, two weeks before SDCC? I'm afraid it will dilute WC's attendance, at least for out of towners. Oh well.

Not going to Westercon (like you can't believe they are having it two weeks before CC).. But will be at CC... Will be spending 99% of my time hanging out with Sunrider Base Rebel Legion..so look for our table and ASK.

Someday we HAVE to have a meeting there. It's too weird for words and the best Italian this side of the hill.

The wait staff sings, dances, and performs. The owner Tad has been known to sing "Unchained Melodies" while climbing on your table wearing a hockey mask.

It's unique to be sure.

And if you ask for more cheese, they will grate it fresh until you say stop. I mean it, they will just keep going and going and going. There is a pic of a guy with probably a pound of grated cheese...on his head...and the plate below is buried, no idea what he ordered, but it's now cheese.

Fun place, but make reservations, they are busy busy busy.

The place is easy to spot from Highway 9, just drive to Ben Lomand and find the most garish, over decorated, got-more-xmas-lights-year-'round-than-Santa's-Village-on-acid, and that's the place. The sign says, "YOU'LL LIKE THIS!!" and you will.

If you like good food and odd entertainment that is.

((Loves to do this to Master K, I can hear her drool hitting the keybord already, heh heh heh))

Sid, you've been threatening/promising to take us there for YEARS.. so we have to do it. Ok..so the NEXT SCFF meeting, after BayCon..will be there...

At least you didn't have Indian tonight...as for me...Raw (just dough) Ghiradelli Double Chocolate Brownie Mix...does THAT tell you about today!

And if you want a giggle, call their answering machine during the day, it's long and very entertaining...

"Ciao and welcome to Ciao Bella answer line, if you are obsessive compulsive, press one repeatedly, if you are co-dependent ask someone to press two, if you have multiple personalities press two, three and four, if you are paranoid delusional we know who you are and where to find you just stay on the line so we can trace the call, if you are manic depressive it doesn't matter which number you press no one will answer, if you are schizophrenic then the little voices will tell which number to press..."

And so on. At the end you CAN actually leave a reservation request.

Orrrr during the con Menara is just a short drive/cab ride down first street...but if we do a group we'll need reservations.

Did you actually decide on a meeting place/time for this? If the Hawk is gonna fly out there she doesn't want to be wandering the streets of Santa Cruz asking about wayward Jedi and a slightly eccentric Sith Lord.